Indian Military

[Stratpost]

India has denied accreditation to members of the Chinese media for reporting the air show, Aero India 2011, beginning in Bangalore next week. This came out at the press conference held by the Secretary for Defense Production, Raj Kumar Singh to brief the media on the show. A Chinese journalist present at the conference complained that he and his colleagues had been unable to register for accreditation as the online registration form did not provide China as an option.

Singh was seen consulting his colleagues seated with him on the issue and as it turned out, they informed the media present that this was done on the direction of the Indian Ministry of External Affairs, which has approved the list of countries from whom participation has been invited.

Besides China, Pakistan and Iran are also missing from the list of approved countries, both in terms of media accreditation as well as participation from vendors. “China was sent an invite for the last edition, but it did not participate.

BEIJING: China has "amended" rules for its armed forces controlled by the ruling CPC to increase their capability to win "local wars" and enhance their ability to conduct military operations in non-battle conditions.
China's Central Military Commission (CMC), headed by President Hu Jintao, has amended regulations to improve the operation of party organs in armed forces, according to an official statement carried by state-run Xinhua news agency.
The amended rules aim to reinforce the guidelines of 'Scientific Outlook on Development' in the development of national defence and armed forces, the statement said.
The People's Liberation Army (PLA) of China unlike other armies has a unique status as it functioned directly under the control of the ruling Communist Part of China (CPC).
The CMC, which controls the largest standing military of the world, is headed by President Hu, who is also the General Secretary of CPC.
The new regulations also "reflect the new missions of Chinese armed forces to increase the core capability of winning local wars in conditions of informatisation and the capability of conducting military operations other than war," the statement said.

KATHMANDU: The mighty People's Liberation Army (PLA) of Nepal's ruling Maoist party, that had waged a relentless war on the state for 10 years and been instrumental in the fall of King Gyanendra's army-backed regime in 2006, tasted a major defeat on Thursday with the parliamentary parties agreeing on giving it its marching orders – from the new constitution that is being drafted.
A committee of MPs formed to resolve disputes among the parties while writing the new constitution, that is headed by Maoist chief Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda himself, the man who was the supreme commander of the PLA when it fought the "People's War" from 1996, agreed on Thursday that the guerrilla army would have no mention in the preamble of the constitution.
For three years, the Maoists, once an underground party, had stuck to their demand that the PLA, whose battle paved the way for the new constitution, should get honourable mention in the new statute. But faced with intractable opposition, Prachanda gave in finally, especially with the other committee members pointing out that as per the peace accord signed by the Maoists, the PLA would be dissolved before the new statute comes into effect.

KATHMANDU: More than a year after Maoist supremo Pushpa Kamal Dahal Prachanda triggered a never-ending dispute about his guerrilla army, now a fresh row has started over the fighters with the government of Nepal training its guns on the UN in an unexpected development.

The government on Thursday took to task Karin Landgren, the chief of the UN agency that is monitoring the arms and combatants of the Nepal Army as well as the Maoists' People's Liberation Army, after remaining locked in a feud with her for several months over what it says is her partisan attitude towards the Maoists.

The government is objecting to a report tabled by Landgren before the UN Security Council in New York last week, in which she says her organisation and the Maoists have recently agreed to conduct a headcount of the guerrillas living in the 28 cantonments under the supervision of the UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN). In 2007, after the Maoists ended their 10-year "People's War" and agreed to confine their People's Liberation Army (PLA) in cantonments monitored by Landgren's UN Mission in Nepal (UNMIN), UNMIN also conducted a headcount of the fighters to weed out child soldiers and people recruited after the peace pact.

BEIJING: Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping has been promoted to vice chairman of a key Communist Party military committee, state media reported Monday, in the clearest sign yet he is on track to be the country's future leader.

Party leaders also pledged to make "vigorous yet steady" efforts to promote political restructuring, the Xinhua news agency said, citing a document issued at Monday's close of an annual meeting of the ruling party's central committee.

No specifics were given, although party leaders routinely call for administrative refinements to shore up one-party rule.

"Work in improving the CPC ruling capacity and maintaining the party's advanced nature should be strengthened to promote the party's competence in leading the country's economic and social development," Xinhua said, citing the party document.

Xinhua also gave few details about Xi's appointment to the Central Military Commission that oversees the 2.